Hydrocortisone has been shown to improve the early outcome of high risk patients after cardiac surgery. A potential mechanism resulting in this effect may be its immunomodulatory action. In this prospective interventional study this hypothesis is to be proven.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00490828